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NAILING A ND STAPLING MACHINE. Nd. 592,615. Patented Oct. 26,1897.

UNITED STATES PATENT 'IFFICE.

REINIIOLD R. QUICKERT AND KNUTE LARSON,

MINNESOTA.

NAILING ANDTSTAPLING MACHINE.

OF'liiIXNEAPOLIS,

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 592,615, dated October 26, 1897.

' Application filed May 5, nice. as; No. 590,467. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that .wefREINHOLD R. QUICK- ERT and KNUT LARSON, citizens of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Nailing and stapling Machines; and we do hereby declare the following to .be a full, clear,

and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use'the same.

Our inventionrelatesto nail and staple driving machines .for fastening the ends of hoops or other similar work, and has for its some parts broken'away.

object to improve'the construction with a view of increased convenience, economy, and' capacity.

To these ends our invention consists of the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter described, and defined inthe claims. v V

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein, like letters referring to like parts throughout the several views Figure 1 is a chine, looking from the right, with some parts broken away.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of Fig: 3 is a, right-side elevation of the machine with Fig. 4 is a detail, partly in horizontal section and partlyin plan, showing the relation of the nail and staple feeding devices to the devices for holding the same in driving position, with all of the said parts in their normaljrpositions, as shown in Figs.1-and 2. Fig, 5 is a View similar to. Fig. 4, but with the staple-feed plunger in its outermost or delivering position. Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 4, but with all the parts in the positions shown in Fig.3 or as they would appear at the initial part of the driving ,ac-

tion. Fig. 7 is a detail in perspective, show ing the outer end of the staple-feed plunger.

a represents an ordinary work-bench or other suitable support for the machine.

I) b b I) represent the body portion or main frame of the machine, which is adapted to be made fast to the bench or other support in .any suitable way, as by screws b. The said body or frame portion of the machineis perspective view of the ma anvil-bed I) made of cast metal with the part b projecting outward beyond the parts I) b at the front. and serving as the anvil bed or base of resistance to the driver in the nail or staple driving action.

hold the driver in its uppermost or normal position. The lower end 'of the driver-bar c is pivotally connected by rod c? with a treadlelever 0 The treadle-lever 0 suitable bearing 'suitable support ators foot.

It is obvious that the spring 0 and the treadle c the driver may be given a vertical movement in the bodycasting as a guide. part: c is the hamc fixed to the floor or other within reach of the oper- The mer portion of the driver and overhangs the in line or substantially in-line with the center of the anvil-plate b said hammer c has mounted thereon a holderhead f, which is held and guided by the said hammer-with freedom for a limited sliding motion thereon, and the cooperating parts are arranged to carry the holder f with the hammer during only a part of the drivers stroke in each direction. For the holding and guidingaction of the said parts a and f, thehammer c is 'flanged and works in aco r-. responding seat of the hold-erf, whereby the parts are made to interlock against lateral displacement, while relative sliding motion. The-,T-holder tends by gravity to assume its lowermost position and be intercepted by the hoop a or other ar-,

reaches the limit of its downward stroke, as shown'in Fig. '3. The hammerfc is provided with .a projection 0 through a slot in the holder f, adapted to en- The said anvil-bed b is provided "with a removable under the cooperationof on the hammer c and is of a length to reach and in the form shown,

other part of the fixed frame and tends to permitting freedom for ticle to be nailed or stapled before the driver I00 extending. rearward 7 is pivoted to a 4 part b of .the frame-casting for intercepting the holder f on its upward movement with thehammer atthe proper point \for itsrequiredcooperation with the-feeding devices, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The said holder f is suitably'reoessed, and within the same,

- directly forward of the hammer-body'c fis pivoted a swinging lever j, which is normally held pressing rearward against the body of I the hammer c? by means of a spring f shown,

as wound about the pivot-pin f i of the lever with one arm bearing against a stud f on the lever, and the other hearing against the forward wall of 'the holder. The said lever f carries near its lower end a bifurcated or two-pronged nail-holder f which works in a slot of the said leverf and is pivoted thereon by a pin f so located with respect to the holder f that gravity will tend to throw the. bifurcated or pronged ends of said holder ff into their uppermost position, as shown .in Fig. l. The said lever f is curved-slightly rearward at its lower end and provided on the rearwardlyprojecting portion thereof with a V notchf 9 for cooperation with the prongs of the holder f to holdthe nail y in its uprightposition, as shown in Fig. 3, when ready for the driving action of thehanimeiz.

\Vhen'all the parts are in their normal position, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the prongs of the holder f will be in position to receive a nail from the -stationary section g of the nail-feeding magazine 9 g g*. .The said stationary section 9 is fixed by screw g or-other wise to a lug b projecting from .the framecasting. The section 9 of the nail-feeding magazine is secured by rivets g or otherwise to the forward end of a stiif. flat spring 9 the rear end of which is made fast by screws g or otherwise to the projecting lug b of the frame-casting. The said magazine-section gv and the said section 9 are set on an incline of substantially the same pitch and have top slots or guideways for the nails y, which are adapted to register with each other at the joint betwee rthe said sections 9 g when the driver is in its lowermost position or, more accurately stated, at all times except when the driver is in its uppermost position. The said spring thus tends to hold the lower end of the section 9 in its inner position withthe lower end of the nail-slot of,.said section g in registration with the slot of the section g, but the driver-bar c is provided with a cam-lug c on its rightface, which under the upward movement or the said bar is adapted to engage behind the forward endofi the sec- 'shown in Figs. 1, 4, and 5.

tion g or the flat spring-g carrying the same, g I r and thereby force the forward and lowerend of said section g outward into the position The said section g carries at its lower end a hook-shaped'escapement-finger g, the hook portionrof which ment-fing'er g on said section g. The-said overlaps the top of the stationary section gdirectly below an outwardly-projecting abutparts 9 and g? cooperate to form a cut-off.

-(lcvice operating with an 'escapement action to feed the nails y from the section g" to the stationary section gunde'r the lateralmovementof said section g, produced by the driver; bar to and the springg." I hi s' action will-be readily understood by'comparing Figs-1, 2,

4, and '5 with Figs. 3 and 6.

-'The upper magazine-section g is of boxrlike form, havingitheforward portion .of its bottom plate 'set on an incline andprovidedwit-h a central-slot or guidewayfor the nails which registers constantly with the-upper end of l the nail-slot in thc'section'g. The said boxsection g;. is provided at its forward end with a pair of bearing-lugs g g which are pivotally secured hypin's-o'r pivot-studfs'g toibear ing-l section '9'. Th'efbearing-lug gm is in the form 1 of'a lever with its forward .or' long. si-moonnected totheupperend of a link g, whic h is pivoted to and carried by the driver-bar c.'

Hence under'the reciprocating motion of the 4 driver the box section g of the inagazinewill receive an-rnp-a'nd-downpivotal motion on the centers 9, which motionwill insure. the

loading of the nail-slot in the section gran 10 vices above'd'escribed the nails y will be dethe delivery of thenails therefromto the sec- 1 Hence by the said nail-feeding do: 1,05

livered as required to the hol'ding andthe' driving devices. Under the downward mp- 'tion of the 'hammeii'o in the driving action thezholder f a'nd'the lower end ofthe lever s f will he carnmed forwardin the propertime for releasing the nail to' b'e driven and permittingthe necessaryclearance for the full stroke of the hammer require'dto drive the nail home into the hoop z or other article to which the sameisheingapplied." Under the cooperation of the anvil-blockJb", with the hammer the .driven nail-will'be clenched in its drivenor working position.

For, the purpose-of"simplioity'ofistatement the device's for feedingyholding; and driving the nails y have been traced through to their -fina1 result without detailing the staple feeding and holding'devices.

These will now be specified.

To the left side of the frame-casting i s fiixed in an inclined position a-staplemagazine, which is in the form of a guide-rail h, c urvin position to'deliver the .staples mto the forward end of ahorizontal feed-plungerh'. The

mg inward and downward at its lower end 1'3o guide-rail h for the staples a; has formed integral therewith an angular lug h; which is Y tension of the spring hind the outer ward cornerv projecting made fast by set-screws k or otherwise to the frame-casting as a' means ofsupporting the rail h in proper working position.

The plunger h is mounted and guided by a suitable horizontal seat in the frame-casting and is held from lateral displacement therein. The said plunger h is normally held in its rea'rmost position by a spring h con-' necting the same tothe frame-casting, but is provided with a finger-pull 7?, by means. of which it may be thrown forward against the h for delivering the staples, one at, a time, to the staple-holding devices h h on'the holder-headf. The holder-, head f hasits' left side I plate 'cut away,- as shown at h in Fig.2, for permitting the plunger h to move The outer end ofthe plunger h is provided on its left face with a raised surface h of the propersize to receive one of the staples mand'with atop lip or flange h, under which the staple rests when on the-surface 7L9, as shown in Fig. 2. The space between the plunger hand the delivery end ofthe rail his such that only a single staple can be delivered at a time to the plunger. The surface If on the plungerh is set back a short distance from the outer end of the plungerfiso as to permit the plunger readily to enter between the inner end of the spring-finger-h carried on the holderhead, and pass behind the spring-hook h, the hook end of which is curved laterally inward toward the center of the holder-head f and works through'a slot 71 1 in the finger h.

The raised part h on the plunger his provided with a beveled or cam surface h extending from its lower margin upward near to, but stopping short of, the upper corner of said surface h", so as to leave the-upper foroutward beyond the cam-surface h. In virtue of the said details at the outer'end-of the plunger h and the construction and relative position of the parts h and k on the holder-head f the said plunger h can be made to deliver the staples ac to the parts If and 7;. Under the outward movement of the plungerh the staple will be carried in behind the finger h and the springhook 7'6 the cam-surface h forcing the hook 7L7 laterally'outward through the slot h of the finger h until the a staple has passed by the inturned hook end of the part 71 Then when the said plunger h is released by the operator and is retracted by the spring hitie inturned lip of the hook 71 will ride against the surface 71,

of the plunger and catch beleg of the staple, thereby preventing the staple from moving backward with the plunger. -In order that the staple may thus be stripped off from the raised surface h" on the plunger h, the said raised surface it tapers rearward, so as not to present any projecting part which can engage with 4 the rear leg of the staple.

outward therein. when the driver and the holder-head are in their 11p-' 'ing' the hook torelease the permost or normal position.

In the manner thus described the staples can be delivered one at a time to the holding devices h? 72 at the left head f, and the said staple will then beheld by the said parts h andh'? in proper position for driving, as shown in Fig. 6. The lower end or head of the hammer c is of sufficient :width or area .in cross-section to cover the staple and the nail when held on their respective holding devices within the holdera.

head f. Hence it is possible to drive a staple and a nail at one andthe same time, and this use would be made of the machine at the last stroke of the driverwhen using the machine for making hoops. On thedownward move-. ment of the driver the Hammer acts with a camm'ing action on the hook h", thereby causaccurately stated, forcing the staple past'the hook in the driving action.

'With the said mechanism above described the staples may be in the same way as the nails by the common driver under the treadle action.

. ,It is of course obvious that the staple-feeding mechanismis normally idle, and hence that-under the treadle action nails will be driven without driving a staple except when the staple-feed device is operated by the hand of the operator. Nails may-therefore be driven without driving the staples. By rendering the nail-feeding mechanism inoperati've in any way it is also obvious that staples may be driven without driving nails. The

' nail-feed may be prevented-without changing side of the holderstaple or, more' 7 fed to the staple holders. h k 'at the will of the operator and be driven the mechanism by holding back the column by simply placing a finger over the stationary section 9 may, however, be readily rendered. inoperative bysimply removingthe cam-lugc, carried onthe driver-bar lateral movement of the magazine-section g.

Hencefwith this machine nails and staples can either be simultaneously or independentlydriven at the will of the operator.

It will be understood that many of the details of the constructionmight be changed without departing from the spirit of our invention; I L

, By actual usage we hav'edemonstrated the efliciency of the machine herein disclosed for the purposes had. in view.

What we claim, and desire to secure by Letc, for producing the of nails by hand, which can be readily done of the nail-magazine. The nail-feed ter's Pateifit of the United States, is'as follows In a nailing and stapling machine, the combination with a driving device, of independent feeding and holding devices for the nails and the staples, respectively, a nail and a staple maybe driven at the same time or either can be driven alone, at the will of the operator, substantially as described.

2. In a nailing or stapling machine, the combination with holding and d riving devices, of a three-section nail-feeding magazine, set

whereby .on an incline, with the lowermost section Stationary, themiddle' section subject to 'side wise motion, at its delivery end, for coopera tion' withrsaid fixed section to feed the nails,

' one at a time, with an escapement "actionyand the upper section of box-like form and subject to an up-and-down pivotal motion, for loading the nail-slot therein and feeding the nails- ,1 to themiddle section, substantiallyas de; scribed. it v 3. In a--nailing-macl1ine, the combination with the holding and drivingdevices, of nail- -'feeding devices comprising the'fixed maga zine-section g, the sidew-isenovable magazine-section g, andthe out-oflf or escapement with the driving and the feeding devices,of the ble on the hammer-'0 I carried by the head f and subject to the spring f, the bifurcated holder f", working'in;

lfo'ldin g devices, comprising the head f, movathe pivoted lever j a slotof the lever f and pivoted thereto,-so that gravity will tend to throw its bifurcated end uppermost, the V-notchf, in the lower end of the lever f, the lug c on the hammerhead, eooperatingwith the lug f on the holder,

. and the lug f on' the holder,.co6perating with the stop-fingerf, projecting from the framecasting, all for cooperation, substantially as described; I 5. Ina stapling-machine, the combination with a driving device and an anvil, of staplefeedingdevicescomprisingastaple-magazine, a plunger having amaised surface adapted'to receive. onestaple at a time from said magazine and to carry, the same into the path of said driving device, and a spring hook or detent adapted to engage .said' staple, when so moved, and to prevent thesame from return movement with said plunger,- substantially as described.

6. In a stapling-machine, the. combination 7 with a'driving device and an anvil, of staplefeeding devices comprising a staple-magaembraced by the staples, and adapted to re-' ceive the same from the magazine, one eta time, and holding devices carried by "the driver, for receiving the staples from. the said sition, substantially as described. v

7. In a stapling-machine, the combination wit-ha driving device and an anvil, of the. feed-magazine in the form of the inclined 6 6 rail h, turned downward andiinward, at its plunger andliolding the same in driving polower end, the feed-plunger h, provided with the raised profile-surface hYshaped' to beernbraced-by the staplesand adapted to receive the same from said rail hyone at a'time,and

having the-undercut cam-surface 7%, at its forward edge, and the holding devices, cornprising theholder-head f movable on the hamnler c, 'and pr'ovided with the spring-finger h and the, spring-hook h having an-inturned 7o lip ,working' through a slot, in the finger h, and cooperating with the surface it of the plunger h',to strip the staple 'froin the plunger,

ahd hold the same, in driving position, fitter] the plunger -is retracted, substantially as described. v 8. The'combination with the driver and the anvil, of the rail h, the plunger h, subject to:

the spring hfl'and having the finger-pull h,

v the raised profile-surface h, on the outerend 8o ofsaid plunger, shaped to be embraced by the-staples tapering rearward and provided with the undercut cam-surface h, the lip 7L onjsaid plunger, the holder-head f, provided with the guid'eway-h for thefeed-plunger 71/,

the-finger h on-said head, projecting into the guideway h and having the slot It, and the, i

spring-hook h", provided with an inturned lip,

' working through the said sloth? of the finger l h all forcooperation, substantially m def o scribed 9. In a machine or that described, the

'fcombination'with adriving device and an an vi1, of a staple-feeding device comprising a staple.- magazine, a, plunger or sliding part .95;

having a surface or device for receiving one stable at a time from said magazine and to v carry the same into the path ofsaid driving device, and a detent' or catch adapted to engage 'said staple, .when so moved, and topre- IO-0' l vent the same from return movement with said plunger, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we afl'lx oursignav 'tures inpresence of two witnesses. zine,'positionedfor gravity feed,- a plunger having araised profile-surface, shaped to be REINHOLD R. UIoKERr.

v KNUTE LARSON. v

' Witnesses:- I I m JAs. F. WILL'InMsoN,

' 'E.F.YELMORE.' 

